Pros
Nice campus with an onsite cafeteria, gym, game room, and lunchroom. The campus was built in 2018 with the open office concept which takes a little getting used to but once you do, it’s actually much better than traditional cubicles. Location in Lutz is nice being that it’s located right off of the expressway in Pasco. All desks have adjustable standing/sitting positions. Office chairs are super comfy. Depending on what department you work in teams can be collaborative and managers can be supportive. The workload is not a lot and the day ends when you leave at the end of the day. No weekends EVER.
Cons
This is where things get weird. They don’t pay anywhere near what other industry leading manufacturers pay. Literally half the salary at Mettler than others of companies the same size. “Promotions” will only net you 1-2% more in pay but double your work responsibilities. Parking. The facility outgrew itself within the first 2 years and parking is not enough for the number of employees that work there. If you get there after 8 you’re parking out in BFE. The safety manager will have your car towed if not parked in a designated space. HR is non existent as most large companies have also gone this way as well. HR is there more to help get you fired and help the company vs actually helping employees and be a human resource. There seems to have been a shift in HR over the last 15 years where all HR departments have tended to go this way so it shouldn’t really be a surprise. Work is pretty boring and slow. There’s no path upwards if you want to stay in procurement unless you’re either from Ohio or want to move to Ohio. Nearly every manager in the entire facility is from Columbus Ohio and when an opening for any management position opens it will be filled by someone who works up in Ohio. Remote flexibility is non-existent. After being home-based for an entire year during Covid while implementing SAP and navigating supply shortages without a hiccup management feels they can’t trust employees and forced everyone back in to the office. Lastly, I’ll mention it twice because it needs to be mentioned…..the pay! The entire purchasing group besides two long timers and the managers has turned over and all of us left for the same reason. Salary is garbage in their purchasing group. Worst part is seeing kids out of college in the engineering group come in and make close to 6 figures and not know what the heck they are doing.
